Last updated | 2nd October 2008 |
Name of library | Strict Baptist Historical Society Library |
Address | Dunstable Baptist Chapel, St. Mary’s Gate, Dunstable, Beds. LU6 3SW |
Telephone | 01582 602 242 |
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Website | http://www.strictbaptisthistory.org.uk |
Alternative names | SBHS Library |
Contact & Job Title | Secretary/Chairman K. Dix, 38 Frenchs Ave., Dunstable, Beds. LU6 1BH
or Librarian D. J. Woodruff, 10 Priory Road, Dunstable, Beds. LU5 4HR |
Purpose & main user community of the library | Purpose and main user community of the library. Those interested in Strict and Particular Baptist History, especially members of the Society. |
Terms of access | By appointment |
Opening hours | As required; by agreement |
Disabled access | Stair access only |
Lending to other libraries & visitors | No. None; members only. |
Number of volumes | 5,450 |
Periodicals – Back Issues | 5 complete sets; many incomplete |
Current Periodicals | 6 |
Other materials | Over 350 church minute books, account books, etc. from over 100 churches; cassette tapes of SBHS Annual Lectures; small number of microfilms/microfiche of foreign |
Volumes added per year | 30 |
Coverage | Related to Baptist theology – both Particular Baptist and Strict Baptist |
Special Collections | |
Manuscripts | Minute books, deeds, account books, member lists for a number of Strict/Particular Baptist churches – some closed, remainder still in existence. |
Research resource | Baptist (especially Strict/Particular) |
Catalogue Type | Card |
URL of catalogue | |
Other facilities | Photocopying; microfiche reader |
Full Time Staff | |
Part Time Staff | |
Voluntary Staff | up to 4 |
Changes in next five years affecting the above | Just started on computer based catalogue |
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